The Romance of the Milky Way, and Other Studies & Stories

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The Romance of the Milky Way, and Other Studies & Stories is by Lafcadio Hearn. The contents list The Romance of the Milky Way, The Mirror Maiden, The Story of Itō Norisuké, Stranger Than Fiction and A Letter from Japan. The introduction says Lafcadio Hearn, known to Nippon as Yakumo Koizumi, was born in Leucadia in the Ionian Islands, June 27, 1850.

Under the heading The Romance of the Milky Way, the text recalls the old saying that The River of Heaven is the Ghost of Waters. The writer says the rule seems to be that the dissemination of dangerous higher knowledge, before the masses of a people are ethically prepared to receive it, will always be prevented by the conservative instinct. A note explains that the term yanagi-goshi, willow-loins, is a common expression designating a slender and graceful figure.

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Lafcadio Hearn

Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was born in Greece to Irish and Greek parents, worked as a journalist in Cincinnati and New Orleans, then moved to Japan in 1890. He married Koizumi Setsu, took Japanese citizenship, and wrote a shelf of books interpreting the country for Western readers.